I wrote the changed last stanza for

This be The (another) verse
A tiny hack to This Be The Verse (by Philip Larkin) by Joshua Kronengold (
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I kinda dashed it off, but so it goes ( Read more... )

I'm well aware that this has been done before, but I wasn't satisfied with how, so having had an idea of doing a thing, I feel compelled to finish.

I'd be sorry, except I'm really not.

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A Sonnet for Serenity

First quatrain and last couplet by Joshua Kronengold, second quatrain and following couplet by
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This could probably use some more work, as I wrote it straight and didn't bother editing it aside from one line rewrite. But I've found that if I do that, I never go back to things -- so here you are.

(update: and, just to normalize the lines a bit, I've done a quick rewrite...and another rewrite).

The Bad Snail
-- for batshuaCopyright 2012, Joshua ( Read more... )

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